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Boston Red Sox @ Philadelphia Athletics

1936-08-18 · Day game · Shibe Park · Att: 7000 · 1:57

Boston Red Sox defeated Philadelphia Athletics 6–2. Boston Red Sox put up 3 in the 6th. Lefty Grove earned the win. Rick Ferrell went 3-for-4 with 1 HR and 2 RBI.

Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
BOS	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	10
PHA	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	10

W: Lefty Grove L: Gordon Rhodes SV: (none)

Umpires — HP: John Quinn · 1B: Brick Owens · 2B: (none) · 3B: Bill Summers · LF: (none) · RF: (none)

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Billy Werber	3	1	0	0	1	0
Doc Cramer	5	0	2	1	0	2
Jimmie Foxx	5	0	1	0	0	1
John Kroner	4	1	2	1	1	0
Eric McNair	4	1	1	2	0	0
Mel Almada	3	1	0	0	1	1
Rick Ferrell	4	1	3	2	0	0
Ski Melillo	3	0	0	0	1	0
Lefty Grove	3	1	1	0	0	0

Philadelphia Athletics — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Lou Finney	4	1	1	0	0	0
Wally Moses	4	0	4	1	0	0
Chubby Dean	4	0	1	0	0	0
Bob Johnson	4	0	0	0	0	1
Pinky Higgins	4	1	2	0	0	1
Frankie Hayes	4	0	1	1	0	0
Skeeter Newsome	4	0	1	0	0	0
Al Niemiec	3	0	0	0	1	1
Gordon Rhodes	2	0	0	0	0	1
George Puccinelli	1	0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Moss	1	0	0	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Lefty Grove	9.0	10	1	4

Philadelphia Athletics — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	BB	SO
Gordon Rhodes	8.0	8	4	4
Herman Fink	1.0	2	0	0

Play-by-play

Top 1

Billy Werber: W
Doc Cramer: K+SB2
Jimmie Foxx: K
John Kroner: S8.2-H
Eric McNair: 7

Bot 1

Lou Finney: 7
Wally Moses: S7
Chubby Dean: 64(1)3/GDP

Top 2

Mel Almada: 2/P
Rick Ferrell: HR8/IPHR
Ski Melillo: 8
Lefty Grove: 4/P

Bot 2

Bob Johnson: 3/G
Pinky Higgins: S7
Frankie Hayes: 9
Skeeter Newsome: 54(1)/FO

Top 3

Billy Werber: 5/P/FL
Doc Cramer: 7
Jimmie Foxx: 63

Bot 3

Al Niemiec: 8
Gordon Rhodes: K
Lou Finney: D8
Wally Moses: S7.2-H;B-2(TH)
Chubby Dean: 43

Top 4

John Kroner: S7.BX2(76)
Eric McNair: 5/P/FL
Mel Almada: K

Bot 4

Bob Johnson: 9
Pinky Higgins: K
Frankie Hayes: 63

Top 5

Rick Ferrell: 5/P/FL
Ski Melillo: W
Lefty Grove: 23/SH.1-2
Billy Werber: 6/P

Bot 5

Skeeter Newsome: 3/G
Al Niemiec: K
Gordon Rhodes: 8

Top 6

Doc Cramer: K
Jimmie Foxx: 63
John Kroner: W
Eric McNair: HR/7.1-H
Mel Almada: W
Rick Ferrell: T9/9L.1-H
Ski Melillo: 7

Bot 6

Lou Finney: 13
Wally Moses: S1/BG
Chubby Dean: 8
Bob Johnson: 53

Top 7

Lefty Grove: 31
Billy Werber: 7/L
Doc Cramer: S4
Jimmie Foxx: S8.1-3
John Kroner: 43

Bot 7

Pinky Higgins: D9/9D
Frankie Hayes: S8.2-H
Skeeter Newsome: 54(1)3/GDP
Al Niemiec: 6/P

Top 8

Eric McNair: 53
Mel Almada: 2/FL
Rick Ferrell: D8
Ski Melillo: 5/P

Bot 8

George Puccinelli: 63
Lou Finney: 43
Wally Moses: S6/6M
Chubby Dean: S9.1-2
Bob Johnson: K

Top 9

Lefty Grove: S6
Billy Werber: 13/SH.1-2
Doc Cramer: D8.2-H
Jimmie Foxx: 8
John Kroner: 63

Bot 9

Pinky Higgins: 4/P
Frankie Hayes: 8
Skeeter Newsome: S7
Al Niemiec: W.1-2
Charlie Moss: 53

Notes & reviews

Inside the park homerun when R. Ferrell's hit took a bad hop over Moses' head.
Down the line
Off the wall.

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